September, 2019 | The Walrus

Memoir

Me, My Dad, and His Old Clothes

September 30, 2019July 4, 2023 - by Michael Lista

After my parents divorced, I began to wear my dad’s cast-off suits and loafers everywhere

October 2019 / Politics

Party Loyalty Can Be Bad for Democracy

September 26, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant

Why politicians should vote however they want

A pile of old telephones covered in cobwebs, with a smartphone floating overtop.

October 2019 / Politics

Political Polls Are Flawed. Can AI Fix Them?

September 26, 2019March 31, 2021 - by Max Fawcett

Polls are a key source of information. But the process is outdated and the results are often inaccurate

Vector drawing of the chief justice with her hands folded over a lecturn

Justice / October 2019

How Canada’s First Female Chief Justice Helped Define the Country’s Rights and Freedoms

September 25, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Rachel Giese

Beverley McLachlin presided over some of the most pivotal cases in Canadian legal history

Green party Leader Elizabeth May waves to her supporters

Politics

The Green Party Is Poised for a Breakthrough

September 24, 2019January 6, 2021 - by Don LePan

But they’ll have to beat the NDP to do it

October 2019 / Politics

Can Jane Philpott Change Politics?

September 24, 2019December 17, 2019 - by Jason McBride

After her ousting from the Liberal Party, the unlikely renegade decided to run as an independent candidate in the 2019 federal election. Why she hopes it will reshape our democratic landscape

Environment / October 2019

What to Read When the World is On Fire

September 23, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Arno Kopecky

The new wave of climate change writing

The Walrus Talks

Consumerism: Vass Bednar

September 22, 2019February 21, 2020 - by Vass Bednar

Vass Bednar spoke about the future of consumerism from a data perspective – and that we might be a little too willing to give up our information to feel a little special.